STALLONE CONFESSES CHRIST

Sylvester Stallone has confessed to Following Christ abnd living for him.

Sylvester Stallone, of “Rocky” and “Rambo”
fame, has come back to his Christian roots,
in a conversion experience that he says has
released him from the pressures of the
world.
“The more I go to church,” Stallone said,
reported Focus on the Family’s CitizenLink,
“and the more I turn myself over to the
process of believing in Jesus and listening
to His Word and having Him guide my hand,
I feel as though the pressure is off me
now.”
Stallone’s new movie, Rocky Balboa, is the
latest and final chapter in the ‘Rocky’ series,
reflecting the star’s conviction that life is
about following Christ, not battling it out
alone.
“It’s like [Rocky] was being chosen, Jesus
was over him, and he was going to be the
fellow that would live through the example
of Christ,” Stallone said In a conference call
with pastors and religious leaders late last
fall. “He’s very, very forgiving. There’s no
bitterness in him. He always turns the other
cheek. And it’s like his whole life was about
service.”
“I was raised in a Catholic home, a Christian
home, and I went to Catholic schools and I
was taught the faith and went as far as I
could with it,” Stallone said. “Until one day,
you know, I got out in the so-called real
world and I was presented with temptation.
I kind of like lost my way and made a lot of
bad choices.”
Stallone said he wants to communicate to
audiences the importance of attending
church and receiving support in living out
Christian faith .

“I needed to actually go through my trials
and tribulations,” he said, “before I could be
man enough to know how to write the kind
of story that ‘Rocky Balboa’ is.”
Stallone developed a free leader’s resource
kit, in association with Motive Entertainment,
to help pastors and church leaders utilize
the film’s Christian message. The kit
includes a free downloadable leader’s guide
address the issues of courage, integrity,
faith, victory and purpose, the Christian
Examiner reported. The guide has several
approaches tailored to meet the varying
needs of pastors, youth leaders, lay ministry
leaders and parents.